Sustainability

As market forces and market failures provoke demands for greater corporate responsibility, Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) announces the public release of the first corporate accountability tool of its kind in Canada – The GoodCompany Guidelines. These g...

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - What do Vietnamese rice farms, African theater, olive oil and the birthplace of golf have in common? The St. Andrews Prize for the Environment.
The fifth annual St. Andrews Prize for the Environment - the U.K.'s leading international environmen...

NEW YORK, New York - Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc., the global leader in intangible value analysis, has released a new 118-page report on the relative corporate environmental performance among 28 companies in the U.S. electric utility sector. The analysis showed t...

LONDON, England - Infonic, the Internet research and communications consultancy, today released the first in a series of five reports analysing the implications of the forthcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The first report focuses on the major trends li...

Washington, D.C. - Ninety four percent of consumers surveyed prefer to purchase a carpet carrying the RUGMARK label, according to a recent American University Study. That’s why the RUGMARK Foundation recently launched an initiative that works with retailers to promote their...

LONDON, England - The natural look, the natural feel, the naturally based, nature-inspired product...there is no doubt that the word "natural" is being used to describe a plethora of beauty and skincare products on the shelves today. But what does "natural" actually mean? Wh...

SAN FRANCISCO, California - Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) today unveiled Labor Law, a unique Internet database of labor law reports and supply chain compliance resources. Compiled from hundreds of primary sources, Labor Law will provide users with independently ve...

Boston, Massachusetts - Corporate investment in community involvement is holding steady, and in some cases is on the rise despite the sagging economy, according to an annual survey by the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College.

ANAHEIM, California - The Coffee Quality Institute, the educational and research tax-exempt foundation of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), presented Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq:SBUX) with the first Humanitarian Award at the SCAA national conference ea...

OTTAWA, Ontario - Commitment to community has long been a core value of co-operatives and credit unions worldwide. Now private and investor-owned businesses and banks are increasingly promoting their community contributions in the context of good corporate citizenship. The C...